"Mother, it''s been a while since I visited you." I spoke while feeling my heart clenching from the memories of yesterday.

    "Have you been well? I know that you''re out there somewhere, watching me." A tear slipped down from my eyes as I stared at nowhere. I did not bother to wipe it down as no one was here to see me being vulnerable.

    "I know you don''t like to see me crying but sometimes, things can get unbearable even for me, your hard headed son." I spoke as I chuckled sadly.

    "I miss you mother. Not a single day has passed without me thinking of you. The past haunts me still and the only way that I can think of being able to live for tomorrow is to avenge your death. Only then will I feel whole Hopefully, as I am starting to have doubts.".

    I let out with a heavy heart. There are times when life and everything around me gets too much. There are times when I completely feel alone, feel like no one is by my side. A person in the middle of a crowd but with no one to talk to. More tears fell down to where the vibrant grass where. Flowers has started to grow around these grounds.

    Maybe the world knows that mother likes flowers. She would take care each and single one of them as she always says that, no matte how small and silent, one has life and one breathes. No matter how irrelevant and useless, one still feels.

    Thinking about her words made me feel even more conflicted. I have always had a clear vision to the things that I want to do. This is one of the things that I learned as I acted as king back then. Once I said the words, I will mean it no matter the consequences and everything that I command will never be undone. Everything is absolute and set. That was my system when I acted as king and it was through that that I was able to lift the kingdom from it''s near ruin.

    "Your majesty, the King Zergon Northerndale from the Kingdom of the Land has seek for help. Countless rogues has attacked their kingdom from the past few months and the casualty rises each and everyday. He fears that the kingdom might be taken by the rogues and those of from the barren lands." I looked at the royal advisor who was looking at the paper she had on her hands.

    "And why are you informing me this? My duty is focused solely on our kingdom. I still have many things to do and things that are in my hand and they are not in my concerns right now. The Kingdom of Nature should be able to help them. Besides, they too have not offered any form of help towards our kingdom from the past years." I stated in a matter of fact.

    My royal advisor only sighed and nodded. We were inside the royal office where the king processes the papers that needs to be signed and I must say that signing these are not easy. I need to read each and every single one before signing them. Matter of fact, I have been in here for the past twenty-three hours. Maids from the palace just comes here and give me what food they have prepared.

    I was about to go in work mode when the door of the office was opened harshly. Agitation rose from my system as I glared at whoever dared to interrupt me when I have the royal planner that I cannot be disturbed for this week as the paper works are already piling in and if I keep going out for meetings, then they''ll just pile even more.

    I glared at the person who was at the door. He was breathing really hard and looked very sweaty. The Hell Guards grabbed his arm and was about to drag him back outside. That is until when he looked at me before shouting my name.

    "King Hade Morningstar! I am Kaval Northerndale, Prince of the Land." Then he got my attention. What prince would look this unpresentable? His clothings were disheveled and it looked like he was has not been able to sleep in days as the under of his eyes were evidently dark. His hair was a mess and everything about him is just far from being a prince. Nonetheless, I did not turn him away and motioned the guards to let him go.

    I leaned back from my seat and looked at him. He looked very distressed and unsettled. I raised my brow at him but he failed to notice.

    "I do not have all day Prince Kaval. State your business." I spoke with authority. He then snapped out from his trance and then walked towards the table. He did not even bother to ask if he could take a seat. Talk about manners. He looked like he is the same age as me and was about my height too.

    "Your majesty, I have come to ask for your assistance. Countless attacks has have happened the past few months and I am afraid that it was today where things started to take a serious turn." He sounded very serious and worried thus I decided to heed to what he is about to say.

    "You have come here in the middle of the night thus I will listen to what you have to say. Continue, Prince Kaval." He bowed his head towards me before continuing.

    "The attacks started to happen three months ago where a geo guard was injured badly. Reports said that some group of rogues attacked them and stole some resources which were just mined. Father paid little mind to it and just commanded that the security of the kingdom should be enhanced further to avoid things like those from happening again."

    "Thus the kingdom recruited even more geo guards.We thought that it would be over at that time but then the rogues started to become more aggressive. The kingdom being near to the barren lands where dark creatures lurk is a danger on it''s own but in the past centuries, not a single attack was encountered by our kingdom. Reports state of that geo guards seeing something lurking behind the shadows inside the kingdom and that rogues has had mysterious weapons with them."

    "The past week, the attacks had stopped which eased our citizens and the whole kingdom. People started to go out in the evening again but security measures were still enhanced and there were additional rules that were made addressing this such as curfews during the night and no easy permission to leave the domain of the kingdom. Transportation of goods were also slowed down by this along with the trading. Some mining spot near the barrens has have been put to stopped solely for this occurrence."

    "Thus when the attacks have stopped, the security was tightened still but only for the outgoing and inbound citizens and as for the goods and trading, security measurements were lessened to let the flow go smoothly which was effective. For a few days that is. It was up until today, a cargo was delivered and was entering the kingdom. Reports said that the guards asked for some paper works but they declined as they reasoned out that it was a direct package for the king so the geo guards dared not question them."

    "As they reached the center of the central town, the cargo exploded and caused a fire on the nearby establishment. Everything caught the fire immediately and even some of our citizens were caught up in it to. Father then issued a special force to respond to the situation. But then a sabotaged was made as most guards was commanded to go to the central town and help put out the fire. There were only few left guarding the walls. Then came a group of rogues who had arrows and the same mysterious weapons that took out the lives of the remaining guards. They easily got inside and started to wreak havoc for a short period of time but the remaining and unharmed geo guards were quick to act as within the few hours, rogues were caught and those who fought back were killed. Then the royal commander took control and delegated the geo guards to take back their positions.

    "As things started to go back, an unknown creature emerged from the barren lands which we reckon came from the dark and cursed forest. The creature had an armor and was very tall and huge. It charged towards the wall and slammed right through it."

    "So how is this relevant to me?" I asked cutting to the chase.

    "Your majesty, the creature that attacked us, was the hell spawn that escaped from the holds of your kingdom centuries ago!"

    My eyes widened at the statement as the name of the name of the creature sounded way too familiar that I even recall it from the history crash course I had. Known to be wicked and intelligent, the hell spawn will take orders from its master and will not yield until the request is fulfilled. Just as what has have been commanded to it?